CORIOLIS
A hockey puck is launched from Vancouver toward
the east. The inertial great circle path of the puck takes
it south of the great circle path that the puck would follow
on a stationary earth. The earthbound observer attributes
this deflection to the centrifugal and Coriolis forces. Note
that even the stationary earth path takes the puck south of
the original line of latitude (see Curvilinear animation).
Legend:
Blue: Inertial Great Circle
Red: Path on rotating earth
Gray: Path on stationary earth
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